Press Releases 2023

21 December 2023

Statement by the Senate of the Akademie der Künste

The members of the Senate of the Akademie der Künste feel forced to state: The objection by Akademie member Candice Breitz to the press release of 15 December 2023 “In defence of artistic freedom" by Akademie President Jeanine Meerapfel is … more

20 December 2023

New members of the Akademie der Künste

New members of the Literature Section of the Akademie der Künste are Annett Gröschner, Teresa Präauer, Anne Weber and Uljana Wolf. They were elected at the Akademie der Künste’s Autumn General Assembly, which took place on 10 and 11 November of … more

15 December 2023

In defence of artistic freedom

The political and cultural climate is coming to a head. The current discussions about artistic freedom and so-called cancel culture are dangerous. Public discourse is increasingly characterised by an inadmissible mixing of topics and tendentious … more

4 December 2023

Sonja vom Brocke receives the Weiskopf-Wedding Prize of the Akademie der Künste
The prize is awarded for the first time in 2024

The Weiskopf Wedding Prize of the Akademie der Künste, which is being awarded for the first time in 2024, goes to Sonja vom Brocke. The jury was made up of Akademie members Kerstin Hensel, Dagmara Kraus and Monika Rinck. The prize, endowed with € … more

1 December 2023

Awarding of the Konrad Wolf Prize 2022 to Achim Freyer

Friday, 8 December 2023, 8 pm, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg On Friday, 8 December 2023, the Akademie der Künste will award the Konrad Wolf Prize 2022 to the theatre-maker and painter, stage and costume designer and director Achim Freyer. … more

22 November 2023

To start off the year 2024, the Akademie der Künste is showing photographs by Gundula Schulze Eldowy and Robert Frank

25 January – 1 April 2024 Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz The Akademie der Künste’s first exhibition of the coming year, entitled “Keep a Stiff Upper Lip! Gundula Schulze Eldowy and Robert Frank”, will open on 24 January at Pariser … more

21 November 2023

Final days
Exhibition “Luc Tuymans – Edith Clever” ends on Sunday, 26 November 2023

Finissage with films by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, reading with Edith Clever and guided tours with the curator on the last exhibition day Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz The Akademie der Künste is showing the exhibition “Luc Tuymans – Edith … more

16 November 2023

The Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2024 of the Akademie der Künste goes to Candida Höfer

The Cologne-based photographer Candida Höfer will be awarded the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2024. With this prize, the Akademie der Künste honours one of the most internationally recognized German photographers. Candida Höfer’s oeuvre, which has … more

14 November 2023

Akademie der Künste Autumn General Assembly 2023:
Solidarity with Israel – Combating antisemitism

The 61st General Assembly of the Akademie der Künste took place in Berlin from 10 to 12 November 2023. The agenda included work-related discussions within the sections Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, and Film and Media … more

26 October 2023

JUNGE AKADEMIE, E-WERK Luckenwalde and E.ON Stiftung award Human Machine and Energy Fellowships

The 2023/24 fellows for the Human Machine Programme of the Akademie der Künste’s JUNGE AKADEMIE, E-WERK Luckenwalde and E.ON Stiftung have been selected. The jury selected four artists from over 200 international applications to take part in the … more

25 October 2023

"What drives us: Energy and energeia between politics and poetics": The Akademie der Künste addresses the subject of energy in art, science and politics

Readings, music, symposium, film screenings 22–24 November 2023, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz The term “energy” is a buzzword of our times that taps into a broad range of associations and discourse in the sciences, politics, art … more

23 October 2023

Awarding of the 2022 Konrad Wolf Prize to Achim Freyer

The Akademie der Künste’s Konrad Wolf Prize for 2022 has been awarded to theatre-maker and painter, stage and costume designer and director Achim Freyer. The jury comprised Performing Arts Section members Reinhild Hoffmann, Christian Grashof and … more

13 October 2023

Lecture by Ian Ritchie in the Akademie series “On the Duty and the Power of Architecture”

Thursday, 19 October 2023, 7 pm, Pariser Platz On 19 October 2023, architect and Akademie member Ian Ritchie will speak on the topic “In Pursuit of Non-Linear Beauty” at the Akademie der Künste. The welcome address will be given … more

9 October 2023

Akademie der Künste condemns Hamas’ war of aggression against Israel

The Akademie der Künste condemns Hamas’ war of aggression against Israel. On this day we remember the attack on the synagogue in Halle on 9 October 2019. The protection of Jewish institutions in Germany must be ensured – now more than … more

4 October 2023

23rd Academy Discussion: Right-wing Shift in Germany

Djamila Benkhelouf in discussion with Seda Başay-Yıldız, Michaela Hailbronner, Wilhelm Heitmeyer, Peter Laudenbach and Jeanine Meerapfel Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin Press tickets available at … more

29 September 2023

Akademie der Künste concerned about Hans Scharoun building: Fire at Haus Baensch

The Akademie der Künste asks the Director of the Berlin Monument Authority Dr. Christoph Rauhut for clarification about the fate of the house of Dr. Felix Baensch (Haus Baensch). Built by Hans Scharoun, the building was badly damaged by a fire on … more

27 September 2023

The Great Repair

Exhibition, 14 October 2023 – 14 January 2024 Opening on Friday, 13 October 2023, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Invitation to the press preview Thursday, 12 October 2023, 11 am Exhibition spaces open from 10 am With … more

26 September 2023

European Alliance of Academies expresses its solidarity with those engaged in arts and culture in Poland

Findings from talks held at Villa Decius, Krakow, 21-22 September 2023   In the run-up to the elections in Poland, Villa Decius – the Alliance’s partner in Poland – invited the European Alliance of Academies for a study trip to Krakow, … more

25 September 2023

Façade display at Pariser Platz: over 40 Members of the Akademie der Künste make statements for climate change mitigation

Starting today, the glass façade of the Akademie building on Pariser Platz shows statements by more than 40 members of the Akademie der Künste on the crucial importance of climate change mitigation. Numerous members of the international artists’ … more

21 September 2023

European Alliance of Academies at the side of Agnieszka Holland in her right of artistic freedom

During its conference in Krakow the European Alliance of Academies, a network of over 60 academies from around Europe, has expressed today its support of Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland who is facing personal hostility from the Polish Minister of … more

21 September 2023

Novoflot: The Theory of Harmony #2 – OpernCall

Opera installation World premiere: Thursday 28 September 2023, 8 pm Additional performances: 29/30 September, 1 October 2023 Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz Press tickets: Please send accreditation requests to presse@k3berlin.de The new … more

18 September 2023

Elections in Poland – The European Alliance of Academies campaigns for the right to artistic freedom
21–22 September 2023, Villa Decius, Kraków

In the run-up to the Polish elections for the Sejm (the lower house of the national legislature) in October, the members of the European Alliance of Academies are campaigning for the freedom of artistic expression and for cultural rights in Poland. … more

6 September 2023

150th Anniversary of the Serpentara – Celebration on 23 September 2023

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the acquisition of the Serpentara oak grove – today location of the artist residence “Villa Serpentara” of the Akademie der Künste – the Akademie and the German Academy of Rome Villa Massimo invite … more

5 September 2023

“Long Night of Exile” at the Akademie der Künste

Talks, presentations, readings 8 September 2023, starting at 6 pm, Hanseatenweg, free admission with Jeanine Meerapfel, Lothar Dittmer, André Schmitz, Herta Müller, Parastou Forouhar, Bibiana Beglau, Peter Jordan and many others The far-reaching … more

29 August 2023

22nd Academy Discussion: Culture-Free Zone? The Future of Public Service Broadcasting

Diemut Roether in discussion with Kai Gniffke, Kathrin Röggla, Tabea Rößner, Oliver Sturm, Andres Veiel and Olaf Zimmermann Welcome address: Jeanine Meerapfel Monday, 4 September 2023, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin … more

28 August 2023

Festival “Time to Listen. The Ecological Crisis in Sound and Music”: Final bar at two locations

Interdisciplinary programme at the Sustainability Booth in Ottopark and open house on Hanseatenweg Saturday/Sunday, 2 and 3 September 2023   To conclude its “Time to Listen” festival and as part of the “Ortstermin” Moabit Art Festival … more

24 August 2023

Luc Tuymans – Edith Clever

Exhibition, 15 September – 26 November 2023 Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz Invitation to press talk and press preview Thursday, 14 September 2023, 11 am Exhibition halls open from 10 am With Edith Clever, Member of the Performing Arts … more

16 August 2023

European Alliance of Academies discusses freedom of expression with young Britons at Cambridge

26 - 27 August 2023, Homerton College, Cambridge. European Alliance authors will discuss the freedom of artistic expression in literature with UK students at Cambridge on 26 and 27 August. Censorship has many forms. Who has the power to raise their … more

1 August 2023

Noah Willumsen is new Head of the Bertolt Brecht Archive of the Akademie der Künste

Noah Willumsen,36-year-old literary and media scholar, has taken over as Head of the Bertolt Brecht Archive as of 1 August 2024. One of his most important tasks will be to transition the archive into the digital age. Willumsen studied German language … more

31 July 2023

“A Hotspot of German History” – Launch of a multimedia presentation on the Akademie building on Pariser Platz

The Akademie der Künste building on Pariser Platz provides a unique window on recent German history. It is still possible to see traces of the varying functions it has been used for and the changes that have been made to its structure since 1907. … more

27 July 2023

Festival Opening – Time to Listen: The Ecological Crisis in Sound and Music

Sound installations, concert, reading and presentations Friday, 18 August 2023, from 6 pm, Hanseatenweg The Akademie der Künste invites you to the opening of the festival Time to Listen: The Ecological Crisis in Sound and Music from 6 pm … more

25 July 2023

The Akademie der Künste is opening up the archive of editor and publisher Leonhard Kossuth

Leonhard Kossuth, who was born 100 years ago on 25 July in Butscha near Kyiv, was one of the most important figures in the publishing world to bring the literature of the Soviet Union to an East German readership. From 1959 to 1989, he was head of … more

25 July 2023

Alfred Döblin Scholarship 2025 – applications now open

The Alfred Döblin Prize Foundation has been awarding residency scholarships in the Alfred Döblin House in Wewelsfleth since 1985. The house was left by Günter Grass to the federal state of Berlin for the purpose of promoting writers; the … more

24 July 2023

14. Berliner Hörspielfestival: “At the Limit”

Competitions, debates and live concert, all on one day. 16 September 2023, Hanseatenweg The 14th edition of the Berliner Hörspielfestival (BHF) will take place on 16 September 2023 in the Beech Garden of the Akademie building. The central focus will … more

18 July 2023

Preview Autumn Programme Luc Tuymans – Edith Clever

Exhibition, 15 September – 26 November 2023 Exhibition opening 14 September 2023 Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz The exhibition “Luc Tuymans – Edith Clever” marks the prominent start of a new series organised by the Visual Arts Section of … more

14 July 2023

Preview Autumn Programme
The Great Repair

Exhibition, 14 October 2023 – 14 January 2024 Exhibition opening 13 October 2023 School of Repair 14 October 2023 Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Against the background of the current environmental and social crises, the exhibition “The Great … more

12 July 2023

Final exhibition days POWER SPACE VIOLENCE. Planning and building under National Socialism

until 16 July 2023, Pariser Platz. The Akademie der Künste presents the exhibition “POWER SPACE VIOLENCE. Planning and building under National Socialism” until next Sunday, 16 July 2023. The exhibition shows how spatial and urban planning and … more

11 July 2023

Konrad Wolf Prize 2023 goes to Julian Assange

The Akademie der Künste is to award the Konrad Wolf Prize 2023 to the journalist, author and publisher Julian Assange. The prize, endowed with 5,000 euros, is named after the film director and long-standing President of the East German Akademie der … more

6 July 2023

The Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2023 of the Akademie der Künste goes to Sandra Vasquez de la Horra

Award ceremony and exhibition will take place in 2024 The Chilean artist Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, who has lived in Germany since 1995, has been awarded the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2023. The jury, consisting of Akademie members Ulrike Grossarth, … more

4 July 2023

Last days
Exhibition “Broken Machines & Wild Imaginings” featuring installations by fellows of the JUNGE AKADEMIE on the topic of AI ends on Sunday, 9 July 2023

Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Running until Sunday, 9 July 2023 at the Akademie der Künste at Hanseatenweg, the exhibition “Broken Machines & Wild Imaginations” shows ten installations by the international fellows of the JUNGE AKADEMIE, … more

27 June 2023

“Reuse” – international symposium on dealing with the architectural legacies of European dictatorships

1 and 2 July 2023, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz The international symposium on 1 and 2 July is part of the accompanying programme to the exhibition “POWER SPACE VIOLENCE. Planning and building under National Socialism”. Under the title … more

20 June 2023

Time to Listen: The Ecological Crisis in Sound and Music

Festival with sound installations, concerts, a symposium, and public space actions 18 August – 3 September 2023, Hanseatenweg With the Time to Listen festival, the Akademie der Künste explores how the ecological crisis becomes audible … more

19 June 2023

Discussion Programme for the “Performing Exiles” Festival at the Akademie der Künste: Lectures, Performances and Talks

22–24 June 2023, Hanseatenweg From 22– 24 June 2023, the “Performing Exiles” Festival of the Berliner Festspiele, in cooperation with the Akademie der Künste, presents a discursive performative programme. International artists, writers … more

9 June 2023

In Recognition of Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Akademie der Künste, on her 80th birthday on 14 June 2023

Jeanine Meerapfel celebrates her 80th birthday on 14 June 2023. The filmmaker, screenwriter and producer has been the Akademie der Künste president since 2015. She was elected a member of the Akademie in 1998. At the helm of the artist’s … more

5 June 2023

Restitution of a Sketchbook by Max Liebermann

A mutually agreed settlement between the Akademie der Künste and the heirs of Max and Martha Liebermann on the restitution of a work A sketchbook by Max Liebermann (1847–1935) from the Akademie der Künste’s Art Collection, containing drawings … more

1 June 2023

European Alliance of Academies Shows Solidarity with Society of Hungarian Authors Szépírók Társasága in Budapest and Demands Artistic Freedom in Hungary and Europe

On 30‒31 May 2023, the European Alliance of Academies held a conference of solidarity with the Society of Hungarian Authors Szépírók Társasága in Budapest (see the press release from 20 April 2023). Eleven European countries were … more

31 May 2023

POWER SPACE VIOLENCE – Performances, discussions, lectures, readings with Louis Chude-Sokei, Hani Mojtahedy, Nora Sternfeld, Ingo Schulze, Mykola Ridnyi and others

Until 12 July 2023, Pariser Platz and Hanseatenweg On the occasion of the ongoing exhibition “POWER SPACE VIOLENCE. Planning and Building under National Socialism”, the Akademie der Künste is organising a programme of performances, discussions, … more

24 May 2023

JUNGE AKADEMIE, VISIT and E-WERK Luckenwalde are awarding further fellowships relating to the topic “Human-Machine”

Applications now possible The JUNGE AKADEMIE, the international fellowship programme run by the Akademie der Künste in cooperation with VISIT, the artist-in-residence programme of the E.ON Stiftung, and E-WERK Luckenwalde, invites applications for … more

16 May 2023

Reminder: European Alliance of Academies: Solidarity conference in Budapest with the Society of Hungarian Authors Szépírók Társasága 30 – 31 May 2023, Central European University, Budapest and as livestream

Invitation to the press conference Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 12 pm Central European University, Auditorium A, Nador utca 15, 1051 Budapest With Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Akademie der Künste and initiator of the European Alliance of … more

15 May 2023

Akademie der Künste’s Spring General Assembly 2023 adopts statute amendment and secures the resumption of publication of the magazine SINN UND FORM

The 60th General Assembly of the Akademie der Künste took place from 12 to 14 May 2023 in Berlin. At the plenary session, the members adopted an amendment of the statutes. The background is a decision by the District Court of Berlin based on a … more

12 May 2023

“Broken Machines & Wild Imaginings” – JUNGE AKADEMIE fellows present installations on AI

Exhibition, Hanseatenweg 2 June – 9 July 2023 Opening: Thursday, 1 June 2023, 7 pm In the exhibition “Broken Machines & Wild Imaginings“ the JUNGE AKADMIE presents ten installations by its international fellows engaged in artistic research … more

10 May 2023

Akademie der Künste Presents the Theatre Performance Pah-Lak by Abishek Majumdar with an Ensemble from Tibetan Exile

Theatre Guest Performance In Tibetan with German subtitles Wednesday, 17 May, 7:30 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg The Akademie der Künste presents the theatre performance Pah-Lak by Abishek Majumdar on 17 May on the Studio stage at … more

9 May 2023

Saving Public Broadcasting Audio Dramas - Open Letter to Kai Gniffke, ARD Chairman, and All of the ARD’s Artistic and Programme Directors

Together with other cultural organisations, the Akademie der Künste has addressed an open letter to the chairman of the ARD, Kai Gniffke, and all of the ARD’s artistic and programme directors. The artistic audio drama is an important form of … more

8 May 2023

The Akademie der Künste Acquires the Partial Estate of Actress Tilla Durieux

Selected estate documents and photos are on view in the exhibition Tilla Durieux. Eine Jahrhundertzeugin und ihre Rollen at the Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin. Opening: 12 May 2023 Introduction to the estate acquisition on 6 July 2023 at the … more

6 May 2023

Alfred Döblin Prize 2023 to Jan Kuhlbrodt

Jan Kuhlbrodt is the recipient of the Alfred Döblin Prize in 2023. Today, Saturday, 6 May 2023, the award winner was chosen among six authors participating in a public reading and discussion day at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB). … more

2 May 2023

Marcel Odenbach
Selbstverteidigung

Exhibition in Rheinsberg: 7 May – 9 July 2023 Exhibition Opening: 7 May 2023, 11 am Each year the Akademie der Künste presents the work of a member of the Visual Arts Section at the Kurt Tucholsky Literaturmuseum at Schloss … more

25 April 2023

Alfred Döblin Prize 2023
Day of readings and discussions with finalists on Saturday 6 May at the LCB
Award ceremony on Sunday 7 May, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz

The Alfred Döblin Prize, endowed with €15,000, will be awarded for the 24th time this year. The Alfred Döblin Prize, which since its founding by Günter Grass in 1979 has been awarded every two years for an unfinished prose manuscript, is … more

25 April 2023

Accompanying programme to the exhibition “POWER SPACE VIOLENCE. Planning and Building under National Socialism” – films, discussions, readings and concerts

26 April – 12 July 2023, Pariser Platz and Hanseatenweg. On 26 April 2023 the Akademie der Künste will launch its programme to accompany the exhibition “POWER SPACE VIOLENCE. Planning and Building under National Socialism”. The programme will … more

20 April 2023

Society of Hungarian Authors Szépírók Társasága under pressure: European Alliance of Academies hosts a solidarity event in Budapest
30 – 31 May 2023, Central European University, Budapest

With an event held in Budapest in solidarity with the Society of Hungarian AuthorsSzépírók Társasága, the European Alliance of Academies sends a signal in support of freedom of the arts. The most recent measures taken by the Hungarian government … more

14 April 2023

Akademie der Künste on the current status of the legal dispute surrounding the magazine SINN UND FORM

On 23 February 2023, a ruling by the District Court of Berlin prohibited the Akademie der Künste from publishing the literary magazine SINN UND FORM following a lawsuit by the magazine Lettre International and its publisher Frank Berberich (see … more

12 April 2023

21st Academy Discussion
Climate Disaster and the Last Generation

Vladimir Balzer, in conversation with Lina Johnsen, Robin Celikates, Iris ter Schiphorst and Jeanine Meerapfel Monday, 24 April 2023, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin Press tickets: presse@adk.de, +49 (0)30 200 57-15 14 … more

30 March 2023

Zones and Memes: Right-Wing Spaces Off- and Online
Lectures and discussions about the Right-Wing Spaces research project

4/5 April, Pariser Platz With Gilad Baram, Theresia Enzensberger, Philipp Krüpe, Paul Mason, Tiara Roxanne, Simon Strick, Niloufar Tajeri and Stephan Trüby Liberal democracies in many places have been witnessing the rise of authoritarian and (neo … more

22 March 2023

POWER SPACE VIOLENCE
Planning and Building under National Socialism

Exhibition, 19 April – 16 July 2023, Pariser Platz Invitation to a press conference and press preview Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 11 am Exhibition halls open from 10 am With Klara Geywitz, Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and … more

22 March 2023

Akademie der Künste presents the theatre performance Journals of Exile by the KULA Compagnie with female artists from Afghanistan

Theatre guest performance/premiere In German, Hebrew and Dari with German and English surtitles Saturday 25 March and Sunday 26 March, 8 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg The transnational KULA Compagnie performs the premiere of their new … more

15 March 2023

Akademie der Künste opens up the Kito Lorenc Archive

Event on 21 March 2023, Pariser Platz On 21 March the Akademie der Künste is hosting an event at which the archive of Saxon poet Kito Lorenc is to be opened. The estate, which is now being made available for research purposes, was acquired by the … more

14 March 2023

Reminder: Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948
2023 Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize awarded to Joachim Trier
Award ceremony on 18 March 2023, by by Klaus Lederer, Senator for Culture and Europe, and Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Akademie der Künste

Next Saturday, 18 March, Norwegian film director and screenwriter Joachim Trier will be presented with the Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize 2023. Acting on behalf of Land Berlin, the Akademie der Künste awards the prize with its 15,000-euro … more

14 March 2023

The Akademie der Künste is extending the run of the exhibition Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022: Nan Goldin until 16 April 2023

Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Prompted by high levels of visitor interest, the Akademie der Künste is extending the run of the exhibition Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022: Nan Goldin by four weeks until 16 April 2023. The show presents a survey of … more

6 March 2023

To celebrate the 100th birthday of Walter Jens on 8 March 2023 the archives of Inge and Walter Jens have been indexed in full

The 100th anniversary of Walter Jens’s birth falls on 8 March 2023. Even during his lifetime, the writer, classical philologist and translator, literary and social critic, essayist, accomplished speaker and professor of rhetoric was honoured with … more

6 March 2023

Presentation of Ellen Auerbach Fellowship for Photography 2023 to Joanna Piotrowska

Thursday, 9 March 2023, 7 pm, Pariser Platz The Akademie der Künste is awarding the Ellen Auerbach Scholarship for Photography 2023 to Joanna Piotrowska. The Polish artist works with photography, film and performance. The Academy’s vice … more

1 March 2023

Publication of SINN UND FORM is prohibited.
An attack on literature

The District Court of Berlin has temporarily prohibited the Akademie der Künste from continuing to publish the literary magazine SINN UND FORM. The background is an antitrust lawsuit brought by the magazine Lettre International and its publisher … more

22 February 2023

Dieter Langewiesche receives the Akademie der Künste’s Lion Feuchtwanger Prize 2024  

The 2024 Lion Feuchtwanger Prize will be awarded by the Akademie der Künste to Dieter Langewiesche. The shrewd historian has been bringing his special conceptual understanding to theoretical debates since the 1970s. The prize for historical prose, … more

21 February 2023

POWER SPACE VIOLENCE
The Akademie der Künste presents an exhibition on planning and building under National Socialism

19 April – 16 July 2023, Pariser Platz From 19 April to 16 July 2023, the Akademie der Künste will present the exhibition POWER SPACE VIOLENCE: Planning and Building under National Socialism. It shows how the Nazis’ racist ideology was cemented … more

21 February 2023

The Akademie der Künste is presenting the 2022 Käthe Kollwitz Prize to Nan Goldin – Preview of Laura Poitras’s film documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Award ceremony: Friday, 3 March 2023, 8 pm Film presentation: Sunday, 5 March 2023, 6 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Exhibition Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022: Nan Goldin until 19 March 2023, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg … more

6 February 2023

20th Academy Discussion
Content versus Film

With Dominik Graf, Thomas Heise, Nicolette Krebitz, Carolin Schmitz and Jeanine Meerapfel. Moderation: Andreas Kilb Monday, 13 February 2023, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin For press tickets, please email … more

2 February 2023

The Akademie der Künste marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Bertolt Brecht – An event with Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth

Book launch, open archive, presentation of a special postage stamp and coin Thursday, 9 February 2023, 8 pm, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4 Friday, 10 February 2023, from 10 am, Brecht House, Chausseestraße 125 The Akademie der Künste is … more

29 January 2023

Fluchtpunkte der Erinnerung – Vanishing Points of Memory
Academy Dialogue, with Natan Sznaider, Lea Wohl von Haselberg and Jeanine Meerapfel

Monday, 30 January 2023, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin >> Press tickets available at presse@adk.de or by phone: 030 200 57-1514 Adolf Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor on 30 January 1933. The Nazis marked the … more

27 January 2023

The transmediale Festival 2023 at the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg 

Festival: 1–5 February 2023 | Exhibition: 1–26 February 2023 Opening: Wednesday 1 February 2023, 7 pm Press conference: 31 January 2023, 11 am | Registration: press@transmediale.de  The transmediale festival and accompanying exhibition will … more

26 January 2023

Ellen Auerbach Fellowship for Photography Awarded to
Joanna Piotrowska in 2023

The Akademie der Künste is awarding the 2023 Ellen Auerbach Fellowship for Photography to Joanna Piotrowska. The artist, born in Poland in 1985, works in various media: photography, film and performance. The fellowship grant, endowed with 20,000 … more

25 January 2023

Akademie der Künste awards the Berlin Art Prize ‒
Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948,
2023 Berlin Art Prize ‒ Grand Prize to Joachim Trier
Awards ceremony on 18 March 2023

Norwegian film director and screenwriter Joachim Trier is the recipient of the Berlin Art Prize ‒ Grand Prize in 2023. The Akademie der Künste awards the prize annually on behalf of the State of Berlin. The Grand Prize, chosen on a rotational … more

16 January 2023

Press Invitation: Blechen’s Comeback

Two Oil Sketches by Carl Blechen, Presumed Lost, Return to the Akademie der Künste Sunday, 22 January, 11 am, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz Photo session and closing event of the exhibition SPURENSICHERUNG. Die Geschichte(n) hinter den Werken … more

13 January 2023

Heinrich Mann Prize 2023 to György Dalos

This year, the Akademie der Künste is awarding its Heinrich Mann Prize to György Dalos. The Hungarian author, historian and translator is one of the most important figures mediating between Eastern and Western Europe. The jury consisted of Ingo … more

12 January 2023

Ulrike Ottinger transfers her archive to the Akademie der Künste and Deutsche Kinemathek

The auteur film-maker, photographer, painter, theatre director and curator Ulrike Ottinger is gradually transferring her extensive artistic archive to the Akademie der Künste and Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek. She has had close links with the two … more

11 January 2023

Reminder: Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022. Nan Goldin

Exhibition, 20 January – 19 March 2023 Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Invitation to the press preview Thursday, 19 January 2023, 6 pm Exhibition halls open from 5 pm with Maren Lübbke-Tidow, artistic director EMOP Berlin 2023 Exhibition … more

4 January 2023

Reminder: Woman*, Life, Freedom: The Akademie der Künste stands in solidarity with the protesters in Iran

Evening event with performances, discussion, film and concert Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 6–11.30 pm, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg In solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, the Akademie der Künste has invited Iranian, Kurdish and German … more